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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

332 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

  NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG  

  ISLAND INTO BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER  

  HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH GROUNDS ALREADY OVERSATURATED. AN          

  ADDITIONAL ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED   

  OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING CONDITIONS  

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MANY ROADS ACROSS THE AREA ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN UPTON

NY.



LAT...LON 4056 7407 4057 7354 4079 7241 4108 7249

      4095 7354 4083 7379 4075 7398



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